Psalms 75:5
Lift not vp your horne on high, neither speake with a stiffe necke.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
In Context
4I saide vnto the foolish, Be not so foolish, and to the wicked, Lift not vp the horne.
6For to come to preferment is neither from the East, nor from the West, nor from the South,
Cross References
Exodus 32:9Againe the Lord said vnto Moses, I haue seene this people, and beholde, it is a stiffe necked people.
2 Chronicles 30:8Be not ye now stiffenecked like your fathers, but giue the hand to the Lord, and come into his sanctuarie, which he hath sanctified for euer, and serue the Lord your God, and the fiercenesse of his wrath shall turne away from you.
Isaiah 48:4Because I knewe, that thou art obstinate, and thy necke is an yron sinew, and thy brow brasse,
Acts 7:51Ye stiffenecked and of vncircumcised heartes and eares, ye haue alwayes resisted the holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do you.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 75:2-6
The Magistrate's Resolution. 1 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. 2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. 3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: 5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. In these verses, I. The psalmist gives to God the praise of… Read the whole commentary →